Patrick Striker, executive director of Spokane Community Oriented Policing, known here more generally as Spokane COPS, says a challenge he sees facing the 25-year-old nonprofit—and others like it—is balancing its past successes with more recent and em...
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Second Harvest Food Bank of the Inland Northwest is moving forward with new ideas to battle hunger, as it seeks to expand its distribution and improve its nutritional education programs through its kitchen space. Jason Luke Clark, the organization’s C...
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For decades, Spokane Neighborhood Action Partners has helped people establish stability and self-reliance. Today, more than 30 SNAP programs support Spokane County and Eastern Washington residents. Broader than many people realize, those services range f...
Full StoryLutheran Community Services Northwest’s Unaccompanied Refugee Minor program, which helps to resettle refugee youth who have been separated from parents or guardians, has grown again recently. Refugee foster parent recruiter Lisa Johnson says since Oct...
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On the surface Einstein Bros. Bagels may appear to be just another franchise, but for the Schmidt brothers, Matthew and Mark, it’s always been a family-run business. “Our family is definitely very involved in the business,” says Matthew. “They h...
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By his own admission, Dr. Darryl Potyk, the chief of medical education for the University of Washington School of Medicine-Gonzaga University Regional Health Partnership, tends to approach situations—and people—in cautious fashion. So upon first meet...
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